MogiSoftware Engineer Job Postings Fall Eight Percent
New job postings for Software Engineers saw an eight percent decrease in the last 28 days.
By Victor Lindahl, Mogi Research · Oct 29, 2026
In the last 28 days, job postings for Software Engineers fell by eight percent, from ten thousand one hundred sixty nine to nine thousand three hundred forty five. This change occurred within a broader context where total new job postings across all roles saw a decrease of two percent. Other roles like Full Stack Engineer also experienced a fall in postings, dropping eighteen percent.
Several factors may contribute to this decrease. It could reflect a seasonal adjustment in hiring patterns as the period ends. Alternatively, it might indicate a shift in employer focus towards other specialized roles, such as Data Engineer, which saw an eleven percent rise in postings during the same timeframe.
The data also shows that Product Manager roles remained stable with zero change in postings. The breakdown for Software Engineer roles highlights that California and New York had the highest number of new postings, with Accenture and JPMorgan Chase listed as top employers.
The numbers
Which role families have the most new postings globally in the last 28 days?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 9,345 | 10,169 | -8% |
| Product Manager | 3,620 | 3,605 | +0% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 2,130 | 2,589 | -18% |
| Data Engineer | 2,030 | 1,830 | +11% |
| DevOps Engineer | 1,596 | 1,719 | -7% |
Top employers: Accenture (594), JPMorgan Chase (521), Cisco (131)
Top states: California (699), New York (234), Texas (224)
Software Engineer jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-29 with the 28 days before them. Covers all countries, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Victor Lindahl of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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